Top 200 Career Development Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Life Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

2. “One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

3. “Dreams don’t “come true”. Dreams get “made true”. You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes, Intention Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes

4. “If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Life Quotes

5. “Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Boss Quotes

6. “If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes

7. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

— Bill Gates

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Learning Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Work Quotes

8. “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

9. “Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it – his mind, his body, his heart – what’s life worth to him?”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Commitment Quotes

10. “You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Determination Quotes

11. “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

12. “What got you here won’t get you there.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Growth Quotes

13. “The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Effort Quotes

14. “Let the world know why you’re here, and do it with passion.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

15. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Strong Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Manifestation Quotes

16. “Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you’ll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Study Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

17. “To earn more, you must learn more.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Financial Success Quotes

18. “Focusing on strengths is the surest way to greater job satisfaction, team performance and organizational excellence.”

— Marcus Buckingham

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Friday Quotes for Work

19. “The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Epic Quotes

20. “Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

21. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”

— Stephen King

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Effort Quotes

22. “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”

— Harvey MacKay

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Motivational Quotes

23. “Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Focus Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Positive Work Quotes

24. “When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Action Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Winning Quotes

25. “When you know your WHY, you’ll know your WAY.”

— Michael Hyatt

Also featured in: Professional Growth Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Path Quotes

26. “Women helping each other – coaching, mentoring, and providing tips – is a great way for us to be our own force.”

— Indra Nooyi

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Positive Quotes for Women, Motivational Quotes for Women, Diversity Quotes

27. “Love what you do; Do what you love.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work

28. “I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”

— Steve Jobs

29. “Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

30. “Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes

31. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Prosperity Quotes

32. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Learning Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

33. “Work with integrity and succeed with integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

34. “Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

— Lady Gaga

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Empowerment Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Passion Quotes

35. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”

— Bill Gates

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, IT Quotes

36. “You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you’re going to have a strong superstructure.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Also featured in: Strong Quotes, Short Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Greatness Quotes

37. “When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Emotional Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

38. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

39. “Success is something you attract by the person you become.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

40. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Coaching Quotes

41. “There is no magic to achievement. It’s really about hard work, choices, and persistence.”

— Michelle Obama

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

42. “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Famous Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Empowering Quotes

43. “Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself is, ‘Are all the disciplines that I’m currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?’”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes

44. “Continuous personal and professional development is your key to the future.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Future Quotes

45. “The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Performance Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

46. “When you are young, work to learn, not to earn.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Study Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

47. “Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Positive Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

48. “There is no substitute for hard work. Always be humble and hungry.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Athlete Quotes

49. “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Business Quotes, Winning Quotes, Effort Quotes

50. “Think about your goals and review them daily. Every morning when you begin, take action on the most important task you can accomplish to achieve your most important goal at the moment.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Goal Setting Quotes, Productivity Quotes